==Name: Piragi== ==Recipe: Main DishMain Dish== ==PiragiPiragiPiragi== Ingredients:2 cans sauerkraut1 medium onion, cut up
1/2 stick butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
2 thick slices bacon (optional)
Directions:
Open 1 of the cans of sauerkraut. Dump the kraut into a colander or some type of large strainer. Rinse under cold water for a minute. Press the water out when done.
Melt 1/2 stick butter in a large frying pan on medium heat.
Sauté the onions in the melted butter until they soften. Push the onions to one side of the pan.
Add the brown sugar to the other side of the pan, and when it starts to get bubbly, blend it with the onions.
Add the rinsed kraut and mix with the onions and brown sugar. Blend well.
Now open the second can of sauerkraut. Do not rinse this; just press the juice out of it.
Add to the sauerkraut that is frying in the pan.
When the kraut is mixed well remove it from the heat and transfer it to a baking dish that you can cover. Don't rinse out the frying pan just yet.
Pour 3/4 cup water into the frying pan that you used and bring it to a boil. This catches the leftover juices that are still in the pan. Pour this over the sauerkraut in the baking dish.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon caraway seeds onto the sauerkraut, and mix.
Put 2 slices of thick bacon (optional) on top of the kraut. A raw bratwurst also will work.
Cover and bake at 350°F. Check it after 20 minutes, and when you hear it boiling, turn the heat down to 300°F. Plan on baking it for 1 1/2 hours. If you sense that it needs moisture, add a little water. Stir it every now and then.
About halfway through the baking process remove the bacon or bratwurst and throw it away.
One Celebration or Festival:
==Jàni: A celebration that marks the beginning of summers "white nights".==
Literacy Rate:
==USA: 97%== ==Country: 99.7%==
Social Customs:
==In Latvia, it is common that they take off their shoes at the door. Also, they usually give a gift to the host.==
Recreation:
==They enjoy picking berries and mushrooms.==
Government
Type: Parliamentary Democracy
Leader: President Valdis
Independence:
When: November 18, 1918
From Whom: Soviet Russia
Economics
Monetary Unit: Latvian Lat (LVL)
Exchange Rate: (2006) 0.5597
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country:$16,000
Major Industries:
1. Buses
2. Washing machines
Major Trading Partner:
Imports: Germany, Lithuania
Exports: Lithuania, Estonia
Life Expectancy:
Men: 66.39%
Women: 77.1%
Geography
Climate: Because of its Nothern location, Latvia has broad seasonal variations in weather and sunlight. There is usually snow
in the winter and rain in the summer.
Physical Features:
1. Coastal plain of nothern europe
2. Western Dvina River
Environmental Issues: Latvia is trying to improve drinking water quality , sewage system, household, hazardas waste management, and
reductionn to air pollution.
Languages:
==1. Latvian 58.2%)== ==2. Russian (37.5%)==Religion:
==1. Lutheran== ==2. Roman Catholic==Native Dish:
==Name: Piragi== ==Recipe: Main DishMain Dish== ==PiragiPiragiPiragi== Ingredients:2 cans sauerkraut1 medium onion, cut up1/2 stick butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
2 thick slices bacon (optional)
Directions:
One Celebration or Festival:
==Jàni: A celebration that marks the beginning of summers "white nights".==Literacy Rate:
==USA: 97%== ==Country: 99.7%==Social Customs:
==In Latvia, it is common that they take off their shoes at the door. Also, they usually give a gift to the host.==Recreation:
==They enjoy picking berries and mushrooms.==When: November 18, 1918
From Whom: Soviet Russia
USA: $39,676
Country:$16,000
1. Buses
2. Washing machines
Imports: Germany, Lithuania
Exports: Lithuania, Estonia
Men: 66.39%
Women: 77.1%
in the winter and rain in the summer.
1. Limestone
2.Gypsun
3. dolomite
1. Coastal plain of nothern europe
2. Western Dvina River
reductionn to air pollution.